{"id":1618,"date":"2016-04-08T06:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2016-04-08T06:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:18:01","slug":"in-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/in-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"IN MY MIND"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Author: Amy Nicole<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to admit that I have really been sleeping on BJ The Chicago Kid! \u00a0When he released the single Church<\/em> a while back I thought it was a cool club song but other than that I didn\u2019t know much about the artist. I recently listened to his album In My Mind<\/em> and I completely fell in love with his music. \u00a0I usually don\u2019t listen to albums the whole way through but I enjoyed every song.\u00a0\u00a0 Looking at BJ\u2019s appearance you would think he was a rapper but when he opens his mouth you can\u2019t help but to take notice of his vocals. His voice is very soulful. If you mix the sounds of Usher, Luke James, and D\u2019Angelo blended with a little gospel you get BJ The Chicago Kid.<\/p>\n

After researching BJ, I learned he has been in the music industry for a while but mostly behind the scenes. He started off singing backup for Mary Mary and has written for other gospel artists which would explain his soulful sound. He has also worked with other artists like Kanye West, School Boy Q, and Big Krit. \u00a0In My Mind<\/em> is BJ\u2019s second studio album but it\u2019s his first album release from Motown Records.\u00a0 Each song on the album tells a unique and different story.<\/p>\n

When I initially heard the first released single from his album Church,<\/em> I thought it was making a mockery of the church but after listening to an interview from BJ he explained that the song was about conflict between the flesh versus being righteous. \u00a0The song is definitely a clever way of describing temptation from a man\u2019s point of view. In the hook BJ sings:<\/p>\n

She say she wanna drink, do drugs and have sex tonight<\/em><\/strong>
\nBut I got church in the mornin’, church in the mornin’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I had a lot of favorite songs on the album but my top five would have to be Heart Crush, Falling On My Face, Woman\u2019s World, Wait To The Morning, and Love Inside.<\/em>
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\n<\/strong><\/em>In the song Heart Crush<\/em> BJ sings about falling out of love and the pain of letting go.<\/p>\n

And that fire we had girl just couldn\u2019t survive the rain
\nHeard the weather man telling us that it was gonna shower some pain<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One of the most beautiful songs off of the album in my opinion is Falling On My Face<\/em>. In the song BJ sings about the imperfections of a man and how as humans we all make mistakes and fall short of where we want to be in life.\u00a0 In one verse of the song he sings:<\/p>\n

Cuz I can\u2019t erase all my mistakes<\/em><\/strong>
\nI\u2019m just a man who falls on his face
\nServants and kings have all felt this way
\nBy now I should be sick of falling on my face<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In Woman\u2019s World<\/em> which is actually a remixed rendition of James Browns\u2019 It\u2019s A Man\u2019s World<\/em>, BJ soulfully pays homage to the woman.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about the power
\nThe power of a woman
\nTell me who can give life to a baby boy and turn him in to a man<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wait To The Morning is reminiscent of Usher\u2019s 2004 single \u201cConfessions\u201d. In the song BJ pleads with his wife\u2019s friend who has caught him cheating to wait until the morning to tell her about his infidelity.<\/em><\/p>\n

Could we just hold this off and wait till the morning<\/em><\/strong>
\nI know I did her wrong
\nBut you tryna cut us off
\nCan we just hold this off
\nAnd wait till the morning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think my favorite song off the entire album is Love Inside<\/em>. It is a sexy love song in which BJ sings about making love to not just a woman\u2019s body but to her soul, to the point where she can literally feel the love inside of her. (Or maybe I’m over-analyzing the lyrics and he’s just seductively saying he wants to smash LOL!)<\/p>\n

I want you to feel the love I have inside me<\/em><\/strong>
\n Inside you tonight<\/em><\/strong>
\n I want you to feel the love I have inside me<\/em><\/strong>
\n Inside you tonight<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although In My Mind<\/em> is primarily R&B, BJ also mixes elements of hip hop with songs like \u201cMan Down\u201d and \u201cThe Resume\u201d which features Big Krit.<\/p>\n

I absolutely loved this album and BJ The Chicago Kid has now become one of my new favorite R&B artist! If you\u2019re a real R&B lover In My Mind<\/em> definitely needs to be in your music collection!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Amy Nicole I\u2019m going to admit that I have really been sleeping on BJ The Chicago Kid! \u00a0When he released the single Church a while back I thought it was a cool club song but other than that I didn\u2019t know much about the artist. I recently listened to his album In My Mind … Continue reading “IN MY MIND”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[78,101,149,349,354,405,451],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-film","tag-artist","tag-bj-the-chicago-kid","tag-chicago","tag-music","tag-musician","tag-rb","tag-soul-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}